BY RANDI GIBBONS, Online Reporter

On Thursday night in the Student Union Recreation Center Ballroom, students and patrons participated in a Cornhole tournament, hosted by Campus Activities. The event included a $5 two player team entrance fee.

On the registration form each team had to choose a name, such as The Corny Holes, Popcorn, Children of the Corn. The teams were then put through a double-elimination bracket.

Kris Streitmatter, a junior studying Geology here at Central, made up one half of The Corny Holes two-person team. His interest in playing Cornhole sprouted from his pure boredom and enthusiasm in finding a laid back Thursday night activity.

“I had nothing better to do,” Streitmatter said. “I would do this for extra credit, a couple of Cornholes.”

Kris was looking for some innocent fun the night before a chemistry test he had been studying for all week.

The game of Cornhole consists of two rectangular boards facing each other at a distance of 27 feet apart, with a circle cut out in each board near the top. Next to each board stands one player of each team. Alternating individual turns, the two teams shoot at the opposite boards with cloth bags filled with corn kernels (hence the name Cornhole).

The scoring of the game can be a little difficult for new comers. The first team to score 21 points wins. A player has four corn filled bag chances to make a Cornhole. When one makes a Cornhole, or a bag in the hole, it counts as 3 points. A team also has a chance to land bags on the board for singular points. Opposing Cornholes and singular points cancel out the other teams identical score, with the possibility of adding more points on top.

A few of the event coordinators included Central’s recreation and tourism seniors, Chelsea Miller, Kelsey Bankston-Majors, and athletic administration graduate student Jordan Stingler.

“We wanted to do something they have never done as Campus Activities,” Bankston-Majors said.

“The event fosters community, and brings out Wildcat pride with the chance to meet new people,” Miller said.

Wellington the Wildcat was also present and an active participant at the tournament.

The winning team received ‘Boss of the Toss’ Cornhole tournament t-shirts from Campus Activities.